13.35
GoodPlay With The Finest Bookmaker, Fitzdares Handicap Chase
- Prize money: £4858.52
- 2m 4f 0y
- Class 4
- 5 runners
Runners: 5 runners
Type: Chase Turf
Surface: Turf
Weather: Showers
13/8 (Won)
- Win: £2.00
- Place: £1.10
Form: 5U56-1 CD
Last run: 26 days
W: 11st 9lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 115
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
1 |
8th May 2026 Good 2m 7f 191y Class 3 |
12st 2lb |
Seven-time chase winner (once here); returned from break with disappointing effort last month but current mark is workable if subsequent wind operation and/or first-time cheekpieces prompt a return to form. |
6/1 |
|
7 |
4th Apr 2026 Good To Soft 2m 3f 203y Class 2 |
11st 4lb |
He ran well in defeat in the main last year and is effective when fresh; could give a good account on this first start since December but there's been minimal movement in his mark this season and he may again prove vulnerable in this competitive contest. |
12/1 |
|
10 |
1st Nov 2025 Good 2m 7f 185y Class 1 |
11st 1lb |
Seven-time winner over fences and recent placed efforts in some good 2m5f-2m7f handicaps were bordering on career-best form; highly likely to give his running once more but has an air of vulnerability about him for win purposes. |
16/1 |
|
10 |
1st Nov 2025 Good 2m 7f 185y Class 1 |
11st 1lb |
Seven-time winner over fences and recent placed efforts in some good 2m5f-2m7f handicaps were bordering on career-best form; highly likely to give his running once more but has an air of vulnerability about him for win purposes. |
16/1 |
5/1
- Place: £3.30
Form: 117-PF
Last run: 14 days
W: 11st 11lb
5 yo Gelding
OR: 117
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3 |
20th Aug 2026 Good To Firm 2m 3f 98y Class 2 |
11st 5lb |
Front-runner who is 2-3 since fitted with a visor this season, with both wins gained over 2m6f here (good to firm); may not have things all his own way today and this drop back in trip is probably not ideal but further progress is not out of the question. |
5/1 |
|
1st 1 |
29th Jun 2026 Good To Firm 2m 6f 125y Class 4 |
12st 2lb |
Front-runner who returned from seven-month break with 7l win in first-time visor over C&D (good to firm) last month; only 3lb higher than for that success but he failed to repeat the form when a remote fifth at Worcester (2m7f, good); that was another blip in his patchy profile and he needs to bounce back again. |
6/1 |
7/2
Form: /51P-2 D
Last run: 31 days
W: 11st 10lb
7 yo Mare
OR: 116
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5th 1 |
15th Apr 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
soon led, not fluent 3rd, hit 9th |
12/1 |
|
5th 1 |
15th Apr 2025 Good 3m 0f 60y Class 5 |
11st 13lb |
Badly out of form over hurdles and fences since returning last summer from a layoff; lurks on a dangerous mark and will be suited by today's trip/ground but needs to turn a corner. |
12/1 |
|
5th 3 |
5th Apr 2025 Good 2m 7f 131y Class 4 |
11st 8lb |
raced in fourth, not fluent and dropped to last 7th, mistake 4 out, weakened before 2 out |
8/1 |
11/4
Form: 142-13 D BF
Last run: 20 days
W: 11st 2lb
8 yo Gelding
OR: 108
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
4 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
Four-time chaser winner; out of form when last in action last spring but resumes on a workable mark and with trip/ground suitable; market may guide. |
12/1 |
|
4 |
22nd Apr 2025 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 9lb |
Four-time chaser winner; out of form when last in action last spring but resumes on a workable mark and with trip/ground suitable; market may guide. |
12/1 |
|
5th 6 |
23rd May 2024 Good 2m 3f 34y Class 4 |
11st 2lb |
All wins on good/good to soft (2m-2m5f); won at Musselburgh in November (2m); pulled up on soft ground in January but posted a better effort back on a more suitable surface when third to a 20l winner here (2m5f, good) this month after a four-month break; should be all the sharper for that and he's back on a good mark; each-way claims. |
7/1 |
10/1
Form: 157-46 D
Last run: 41 days
W: 11st 5lb
10 yo Gelding
OR: 111
| Place / No / Draw |
Date / Going /
Distance / Class |
Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer |
Verdict | Starting price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9th 6 |
17th Aug 2024 Good 2m 1f 43y Class 5 |
11st 0lb |
Without a win since September 2022; has got himself well handicapped but it was all very laboured last time at Worcester. |
25/1 |
|
3 |
1st Jul 2024 Good 2m 4f 0y Class 5 |
11st 8lb |
Hasn't won since September 2022 but is starting to look well handicapped as a result; respectable third at Fakenham (2m, good) four weeks ago on first start in over six months; needs to find more. |
8/1 |
|
3rd 2 |
2nd Jun 2024 Good 2m 0f 59y Class 5 |
11st 12lb |
Ex-Charlie Longsdon; has won four times over fences, including off 11lb higher over C&D in January 2022; good stable debut when third of six in a 2m handicap hurdle here (good to soft) but not so good back over fences at Lingfield next time; bit to prove. |
14/1 |
+o+e Accumulators
| Payout | |
|---|---|
| Exacta | £9.30 |
| Straight Forecast | £8.78 |
| Trifecta | £26.70 |
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